[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  DΞ LIGHT [@Delightpro_](/creator/twitter/Delightpro_) on x 2258 followers Created: 2025-07-05 00:44:46 UTC MOST CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGES WORK LIKE THIS: You send tokens in. You trust someone will send them back out on the other side. That someone is usually a multisig or smart contract. Now here’s the problem if that contract breaks, or that multisig gets hacked, your funds are gone. It’s happened before. Over $X billion gone. • Ronin lost $600M through validator key compromise. • Nomad’s bug let anyone drain the pool. • THORChain paid out fake deposits. And we keep repeating it. Because the whole model is flawed. Not because teams are dumb, but because the trust assumptions are too fragile. So @PortaltoBitcoin did something different. They removed the bridge entirely. Every trade is an atomic swap. You lock your assets on your native chain. The other side does the same. The swap only completes if both sides meet the cryptographic proof. No pooled vaults. No messages to forge. No deposits to fake. Just math. Even if validators are compromised, your funds can’t be touched. Because Portal never holds your funds you do. That’s not just “more secure.” That’s a totally different design. And with Kaito now rewarding real infra yappers who dig into details, not hype farmers or copy-paste ranks this is the kind of system worth showing up for. You don’t need to post XX times a day anymore. You just need to say something that matters. This matters. Portal didn’t fix the bridge. They removed it. That’s a signal worth yapping.  XXX engagements  **Related Topics** [$600m](/topic/$600m) [happened](/topic/happened) [Post Link](https://x.com/Delightpro_/status/1941297167404077449)
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DΞ LIGHT @Delightpro_ on x 2258 followers
Created: 2025-07-05 00:44:46 UTC
MOST CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGES WORK LIKE THIS:
You send tokens in. You trust someone will send them back out on the other side. That someone is usually a multisig or smart contract.
Now here’s the problem if that contract breaks, or that multisig gets hacked, your funds are gone.
It’s happened before. Over $X billion gone. • Ronin lost $600M through validator key compromise. • Nomad’s bug let anyone drain the pool. • THORChain paid out fake deposits.
And we keep repeating it.
Because the whole model is flawed. Not because teams are dumb, but because the trust assumptions are too fragile.
So @PortaltoBitcoin did something different.
They removed the bridge entirely.
Every trade is an atomic swap. You lock your assets on your native chain. The other side does the same. The swap only completes if both sides meet the cryptographic proof.
No pooled vaults. No messages to forge. No deposits to fake. Just math.
Even if validators are compromised, your funds can’t be touched.
Because Portal never holds your funds you do.
That’s not just “more secure.” That’s a totally different design.
And with Kaito now rewarding real infra yappers who dig into details, not hype farmers or copy-paste ranks this is the kind of system worth showing up for.
You don’t need to post XX times a day anymore. You just need to say something that matters.
This matters.
Portal didn’t fix the bridge. They removed it.
That’s a signal worth yapping.
XXX engagements
